Senior Associate - Government Relations

JobPurpose

This role is responsible for keeping the organization aware of new rules and regulations and processing the organization’s related government documents in a timely manner.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in public relations or a related field is required.

Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in government and public relations is required.

Skills and Competencies

• Processing of Employee related visa renewal, issuance, and cancellation.
• Timely renewal of the organization trade license.
• Oral and writing communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritize and plan effectively.

Roles, Responsibilities, Duties

Liaison with Regulatory Authorities

• Liaising with UAE regulatory and other governmental entities to ensure effective and expedient communication, whilst building strong relationships.
• Transmitting and receiving information from governmental authorities, and correctly respond to related demands.

Communication

• Collecting and giving regular updates on all work and migration standards from the government offices to update and inform the executive/senior executive for any changes in procedures and rules.

Documentation

• Processing and clearing the required documents from the Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratization.
• Submitting, following-up and gathering all new work and business visas to guarantee that the visas are handled and processed on time.
• Renewing, updating, and keeping up all workers and their dependents’ visas and work contracts on time.
• Ensuring organization trade licenses is updated, follow-up on official approvals and permits, to prevent unnecessary violations.
• Converting important papers into Arabic and English as required.
• Maintaining Employee filling, archiving, and document controlling.